(1) (a) "Law enforcement officer" means a sworn and certified peace officer who is an
employee of a law enforcement agency that is part of or administered by the state or any of its
political subdivisions, and whose primary and principal duties consist of the prevention and
detection of crime and the enforcement of criminal statutes or ordinances of this state or any of
its political subdivisions.

(b) "Law enforcement officer" specifically includes the following:

(i) any sheriff or deputy sheriff, chief of police, police officer, or marshal of any county,
city, or town;

(ii) the commissioner of public safety and any member of the Department of Public
Safety certified as a peace officer;

(vii) special agents or investigators employed by the attorney general, district attorneys,
and county attorneys;

(viii) employees of the Department of Natural Resources designated as peace officers by
law;

(ix) school district police officers as designated by the board of education for the school
district;

(x) the executive director of the Department of Corrections and any correctional
enforcement or investigative officer designated by the executive director and approved by the
commissioner of public safety and certified by the division;

(xi) correctional enforcement, investigative, or adult probation and parole officers
employed by the Department of Corrections serving on or before July 1, 1993;

(xii) members of a law enforcement agency established by a private college or university
provided that the college or university has been certified by the commissioner of public safety
according to rules of the Department of Public Safety;

(xiii) airport police officers of any airport owned or operated by the state or any of its
political subdivisions; and

(2) Law enforcement officers may serve criminal process and arrest violators of any law
of this state and have the right to require aid in executing their lawful duties.

(3) (a) A law enforcement officer has statewide full-spectrum peace officer authority, but
the authority extends to other counties, cities, or towns only when the officer is acting under Title
77, Chapter 9, Uniform Act on Fresh Pursuit, unless the law enforcement officer is employed by
the state.

(b) (i) A local law enforcement agency may limit the jurisdiction in which its law
enforcement officers may exercise their peace officer authority to a certain geographic area.

(ii) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(b)(i), a law enforcement officer may exercise
authority outside of the limited geographic area, pursuant to Title 77, Chapter 9, Uniform Act on
Fresh Pursuit, if the officer is pursuing an offender for an offense that occurred within the limited
geographic area.

(c) The authority of law enforcement officers employed by the Department of
Corrections is regulated by Title 64, Chapter 13, Department of Corrections - State Prison.